NATO exercises in the Black Sea. The Russian answer

On February 12, 2015, Belarus hosted a meeting of four heads of state (Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine) and republics (the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of Hungary), at which agreements on a ceasefire in Ukraine were adopted.

And although the local shootings between the militia and the siloviki continued locally, the truce in general began, and people in the Donbas began to come out of the cellars and recover from the monstrous bloody conflict.

NATO exercises

People did not have time to breathe freely, as they began to conduct NATO exercises in the Black Sea. Six ships - Turkey, Italy, Romania, Germany, Canada and the United States - conducted joint exercises. NATO representatives said that they are aimed at protecting against air and underwater attacks.

However, NATO exercises in the Black Sea can be conducted for the purpose of radio electronic reconnaissance. Thus, the movement of ships was controlled by the RF Armed Forces. The Russian Navy believes that NATO exercises in the Black Sea may relate to the east of Ukraine.

year 2014. Accession. Teachings. The alignment of forces

In 2014, NATO exercises were already held in the Black Sea. Nine ships of the alliance took part in them.

Recall that in the spring of 2014 Crimea was annexed to Russia. In summer and autumn joint exercises were conducted between US and Ukrainian ships in the framework of bilateral cooperation "Partnership for Peace". Also in the summer - NATO exercises in the Black Sea, in which the ships of the countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Romania and, of course, the United States of America took part.

In the autumn of the same year, Russia responded to the exercises of the Black Sea Fleet, in which almost twenty ships and vessels participated, as well as more than twenty aircraft and helicopters. In addition, Marine Corps and coastal artillery were involved. All the actions of NATO ships were tracked by Russian sailors.

Then, as the Russian military claimed, the US and NATO were only demonstrating their flag, and not forces. The alignment of forces along the Black Sea was clearly not in their favor. And if it came to a direct collision, the entire NATO fleet led by the United States would be at the bottom of the sea.

Russia has the forces of permanent deployment in the Mediterranean. Also, the entire Russian coast guard and aviation could be raised in the shortest possible time. The sixth US fleet is also based in the Mediterranean Sea. But even if he tried to enter the Black Sea, Russian missile systems, Granit and aviation would quickly meet him.

Fears of "Donald Cook" and "Toronto"

On April 10, 2014, the famous American destroyer Donald Cook with the missile defense system and cruise missiles Tomahawk entered the waters of the Black Sea. The ship was going to maneuver in the east of the reservoir, as the American side assured. But he did not succeed in being present in the Black Sea, alas, because the destroyer overflew the Russian Su-24 airplane.

The plane flew twelve times over the destroyer, imitating the attack.

The US military could do nothing, since the aircraft included the most advanced electronic suppression system, which blinded the instruments on the destroyer.

Thus, everyone saw the plane, but they could not bring weapons to it.

As soon as the destroyer descended to shore, twenty-seven members of his crew resigned, and, as the Pentagon later testified, the US military was demoralized and crushed by Russian aircraft.

In the autumn, when NATO military exercises were held, two Russian ground-attack aircraft over the Canadian ship Toronto made their scheduled flights. Canadian Defense Minister Nicholson was extremely outraged by such "provocative actions" of Russian aircraft, although he had to admit that they did not pose a threat to the warship. Apparently, the moral state of the Canadian military was also undermined, as was the case with the American destroyer. Although nothing was reported about this.

NATO conducts exercises. 2015

And again, NATO was "eager to fight". The exercises in the Crimea by the Russian military, however, were also conducted. And as NATO commander-in-chief Philippe Breedlaw subsequently declared, the alignment of forces after the reunion of the Crimea and Russia at sea has changed very much, and it is already unsafe for the alliance ships to be in the Black Sea.

Russia's response measures

NATO group was under close surveillance of the newest aircraft of Russia - Su-30 fighters and Su-24 bombers.

In addition, full-scale exercises were conducted in the south of Russia by air defense forces. More than 2,000 servicemen and more than 500 military equipment units were involved in the exercises. Out of twelve polygons located in different federal districts of Russia, as well as from the military bases of Armenia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, there were field exits. European military experts angrily spoke about such a demonstration of the strength of Russian troops and expressed great concern in this regard.

But the fact remains. The Western provocation again failed.